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| DTV Transition Failure Leads Man to Shoot TV |
| 2009-02-22 |
| A man angry about the shut-off of his cable-television service and subsequent inability to convert his analog TV to pick up DTV signals shot his television set Wednesday afternoon, scaring his wife out of the house and holding off a SWAT team in a two-hour standoff. Police Chief Carl Francis told the Joplin Globe newspaper that the wife of Walter Hoover, 70, walked a couple blocks to a police station and reported that her husband had been drinking, was angry with a shut-off of his cable service, and had gotten his guns out. "He actually fired two rounds before she left the residence," Francis told the Joplin Globe. The television set was struck by two shots. He said he did not know why the couple's cable service had been shut off. When police showed up, Hoover was seen at the front door with a handgun, flanked by American and Confederate flags hanging from poles by the doorway, the newspaper reported. He then went back inside and returned with a high-powered hunting rifle, prompting a large response from surrounding police agencies. Hoover surrendered later without any more shots fired. Hoover was arrested on a felony count of unlawful use of a weapon. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Sony Ruger Some cliche required. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2009-02-22 11:24 |
| #4 I can't blame him. I'd shoot the TV under different circumstances. Such as say, your drunk and channel flipping, you get stuck on MSNBC and Pelosi is giving a speech. I should pull the power or walk up to the tv for manual flipping, but I'm drunk! I see that face... |
| Posted by: Charles 2009-02-22 10:33 |
| #3 You know, many have been the times I have felt like shooting the tv. But always about what was it was showing, never from what it was not showing. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-02-22 09:56 |
| #2 Joplin is where the Revolution Starts! |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-22 07:37 |
| #1 Snow (R Maine) should pay all his costs as she got the biggest pie in the change-over. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-02-22 02:20 |